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Israel First, Always

Thu, 06/14/2012 - 9:56am
Theater: ‘Golda’s Balcony’
By
Marsden Epworth
compass@lakevillejournal.com
Sonnie Osborne as Golda Meir in William Gibson’s “Golda’s Balcony” Photo contributed

Golda Meir was one tough woman.

No. Make that one tough person.

Playwright William Gibson in “Golda’s Balcony” has Israel’s fourth prime minister begging Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger for arms as Arab forces moved on the Jewish state in 1973.

Kissinger’s heritage gave Meir no advantage, though.

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